David Swanson

David L. Swanson is an American activist, blogger and author.

Education

Swanson obtained a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Virginia in 1997.^[1]

Career

From 2000 to 2003, Swanson was the communications coordinator for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

He served as press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign.

Following the 2004 elections, Swanson served for a year as media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2005, Swanson was instrumental in making the Downing Street memo known in the United States and discussed in Congress. He co-founded After Downing Street (now War Is A Crime .org) and led an ongoing campaign to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney^[2]. Swanson continues to work closely with the peace movement and often leads campaigns to end the Iraq War and punish those involved in launching that war.

In 2009, he wrote Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union^[3] and the introduction to Dennis Kucinich’s The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush.^[4][5] He wrote War Is a Lie in 2010.

Swanson is the Washington Director of Democrats.com;^[1] a board member of Progressive Democrats of America^[6] and VotersForPeace;^[7] a convenor of the legislative working group of United for Peace and Justice, and the chair of its working group on Accountability and Prosecution;^{[citation needed]} a member of War Is A Crime.org’s Robert Jackson Steering Committee;^[8] and a blogger for the Backbone Campaign.^[9]

Swanson does paid work for various peace and justice groups, including creating websites and organizing campaigns. Most recently, Swanson has been working on Velvet Revolution's campaign to oppose the United States Chamber of Commerce and its CEO Tom J. Donohue,^[10] and October 2011.^[11][12]

Writings

• Kucinich, Dennis J., David L. Swanson, and Elizabeth de la Vega. The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush. Port Townsend, Washington, Feral House, 2008. ISBN 978-1932595420
• Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. New York: Seven Stories Press. 2009. ISBN 978-1583228883
• War Is A Lie. 2010. ISBN 978-0983083009

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Bloggers". Democrats.com. http://www.democrats.com/bloggers. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
2. ^ http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2541
3. ^ "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union - Published in 2009". Let’s Try Democracy. David Swanson. http://davidswanson.org/book. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.cbsd.com/inventory.aspx?id=1657246
5. ^ "The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush". Feral House. http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/35_articles_of_impeachment_the.php. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
6. ^ "(PDA Advisory Board)". Progressive Democrats of America. http://www.pdamerica.org/about/advisory-board/. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
7. ^ "About VotersForPeace: VotersForPeace Project Board". VotersForPeace. http://votersforpeace.us/about.html#about3. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
8. ^ "The Robert Jackson Steering Committee". War Is A Crime.org. http://warisacrime.org/robertjackson. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
9. ^ "Backbone Blogs for David Swanson". Backbone Campaign. http://backbonecampaign.org/blogger.cfm?id=31. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
10. ^ Swanson, David. "WarIsACrime.Org: Tom Donohue and the Chamber of Open Secrets". Stop The Chamber. Velvet Revolution. http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/index.php?q=node/25. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
11. ^ "About Us". October 2011. http://october2011.org/about. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 
12. ^ Loudon, Trevor. "Cairo Style Occupation Planned for Washington DC, Starting October 6". New Zeal. Trevor Loudon. http://trevorloudon.com/2011/08/cairo-style-occupation-planned-for-washington-dc-starting-october-6/. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011. 

External links

• official website
• CommonSense2...: Daybreak by David Swanson (review of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union)

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